Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus is very common all throughout New York State. These trees will grow just about anywhere you put them.
Saplings will come up in any reasonable conditions. At around three to ten years the trees are healthy in most conditions and are not too prone to competition.
Mature Eastern White Pine get eaten by various insects and often die from it in adulthood. None of that is enough to lower their shear numbers or endanger them in any way.
The bark stays weak and thin until the tree begins to mature.
Adult trees always have thick protective bark. The texture is usually rough with a grayish red color.
Eastern White Pine is easily identified as a Soft Pine by its five soft needles and they have white strips on them.
Young pine cones in the spring are very delicate with a dark purple brown color. Eastern White Pine tends to have to be very old in order to pollinate.
Adult pine cones are long, curved slightly and fragile.
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